Chair-supporting device



No. 620,078. x Patented Feb. 2|, I899.

E. P. RAY.

CHAIR SUPPORTING DEVICE.

(Application filed. Apr. 15 1898.)

(No Model.)

ERNEST P. BAY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMIBIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN F. VINAL, OF SAME PLACE, AND EUGENE l3. CLARK,

or CHEVY cnAsE, MARYLAND.

CHAIR-SUPPORTING vDEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,078, dated February 21', 1899. Application filed April 15, 1898- Serial No. 677,717. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, ERNEST .P. RAY, a citizen of the United States, residingat Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chair- Supporting Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to.which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a detached and portable supporting device for tilted chairs. The object of my invention is to provide'a portable frame having a yielding support for I 5 a chair in a. tilted position and which may be conveniently placed upon the lawn, veranda, sea-beach, or other desired locality for-supporting any ordinary chair in a tilted position and permit-the occupant to assume a com fortable reclining or partly-reclining posture.

By means of this device chairs may be conveniently supported in a tilted position on the veranda without resting them against the railing or side of the house The device i's-also z 5 adapted for use with any ordinary chair.

The features of construction constituting my invention will be "setforti'i in the claims. The details of construction of my device-are illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in

which Figure 1 represents a vertical section through a chair, and my supporting-frame. Fig. 2 represents another vertical section with the chair in a tilted position and showing cer- 3 5 tain modified features of construction. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the supporting-frame, the chair being removed.

My supporting-frame A is made of r'ectangular form and is constrncted'of two longitu-.

o dinal side bars a, secured together at or near the opposite ends by the twocross-bars a', the side bars be'in g held at a suitable distance apart to permiifthe legs of an ordinary chair to straddle them and permit but little lateral movement. The side and cross bars are preferably made of wood and comparatively light, so that the frame may be readily moved from place to place. I .frame is applied an adjustable transverse shown in Fig. 2. 'ing support-bar -D is provided with a small At about the middle of the.

stop-bar B, extending on each side beyond the side bars and having openings for receiving the fastening-pins b. The side bars aare pro-' vided with a number of regularly-spaced holes e,.also for receiving the said fastening-pins b, so that bar B may be adjustedforward or backward on the frame. Back of the stopwhich may be framed together in an A shape, as shown, so as to be suitably braced and have the requisite strength to securely support the chair and the occupant thereof in a titled or reclining position. The yielding chair-supbar 'I secure to the side bars the standards C,

port bar D is pivotally supported near its middle by a pin or rod 0, passing through the top of the standard 0. ,A spiral springF is connected at one end by a pin or eye (1 to the lower end of the pivoted bar D and is attached at its oute end to the rear cross-bar of the-frame. Th spring F may be coiled around the connecting-rod f and attached at one end tothe eye of such rod and at the other end to the cross-bar of the frame, as

The upper end of the yieldtransverse bearing bar or block at for receiving the chair in the tilted position. To the rear of the seat of chair L an attaching ring or eye g may be secured for connecting it to the upper end of spring support-bar D by means of a pin 9, applied thereto as shown in Fig. 2. vices the chair may beheld in the tiltet po-' sition and the occupant permitted to e1 ijoy a rocking motion by reason of the sprin F, which is yielding and resilient both 111 der extension-and compression.

A foot-rest M, having side arms on, ma v be connected to the front of the chair by m ans of a pin or rod n, as shown in Fig. 2.

The degree of inclination of the chair may be regulated by moving the stop-bars B ei ;her nearer to or farther from the yielding lupport-bar D and securing it to the side bar by means of the pin I), inserted in the hole:, as shown.

Theframe A is made entirely separate .tnd independent of the chair, and any desi'ed number of such frames will in practice be By means of these attaching de-' placed upon the veranda, under trees on the lawn, or on the beach for the convenient reception and support of chairs.

Haring described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

l, A chair-supporiing device comprising a horizontal frame, lateral standards secured thereto, a transverse stop-bar, means for adjusting it on the frame in front of said standards, and a yielding support-bar pivotally connected to said standards, substantially as described.

2. A chair-supporting device comprising a horizontal frame, lateral standards secured thereto, an adjustable stop-bar 0n the frame,- a yielding support-bar pivotally connected to said standards, means for attaching the chair to the upper end of said support-bar, and a spring connecting the other end of said bar to the frame, substantially as described.

3. A chair-supporting device comprising a horizontal frame, lateral standards, a yielding support-bar D, pivotally connected near its middle to said standards and a spring F, connected to the lower end of said supportbar and t0 the frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST I. RAY.

Witnesses:

HELEN E. PARKER, E. B. QLARK. 

